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CONFIGURATORBASED PRODUCT CHOICE IN
ONLINE RETAIL:
TRANSFERRING MASS CUSTOMIZATION THINKING
TO SERVICES IN RETAIL
Marcus Gerards
gerards@wiwi.rwthaachen.de
Florian U. Siems
Florian.Siems@wiwi.rwthaachen.de
David Antons
antons@tim.rwthaachen.de
Christoph Ihl
ihl@tim.rwthaachen.de
Frank T. Piller
piller@tim.rwthaachen.de
RWTH Aachen University,
School of Business and Economics
Templergraben 55, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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Keywords: Customization, Configurators, Expert System, Digital Camera, Human Behavior